The future of AI and mixed reality
What happens when AI-driven camera tech and mixed reality meet?
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How might Microsoft's AI-driven camera tech augment its mixed reality vision?
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Don't forget the children
How Microsoft is helping blind children learn to code
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With Projects Fizzyo and Torino Microsoft is helping children with Cystic Fibrosis engage in treatment and teaching blind children to code.
breaking it down
The difference between AI, machine learning and digital assistants
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The terms AI, machine learning and digital assistants are often used interchangeably. But should they be? And what do they really mean?
Does PC still = Windows?
How Apple and Google are redefining the PC
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Personal computing via mobile platforms, apps and the web via smartphones changed how we see personal computing. Apple and Google are leveraging that shift to redefine the PC. Microsoft may be in trouble.
When In Rome...
Microsoft's 'Project Rome' makes Microsoft Cloud the OS for everything
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With Project Rome, Microsoft is turning Microsoft Cloud into a super OS for iOS, Android, Windows and millions of cross-platform apps.
Who's accountable?
From quantum computing to AI, Microsoft's tech ambitions can hurt humanity
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Technology can enhance our lives in many ways. Sadly, its (inevitable) misuse can also do tremendous harm.
Giving thanks
Technology and health: What you should be thankful for this year
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As we celebrate Thanksgiving there are many advances in technology that benefit humanity that we should be grateful for.
It's been happening all along
The 'Microsoft-ification' of iOS and Android is not a new mobile strategy
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Microsoft's iOS and Android investments aren't a new mobile strategy to replace Windows Mobile; they're what's left of an ambitious multi-platform mobile effort.
The interface is voice
Unbound AIs are battling for a position on connected devices
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Unbound AIs, digital assistants that can be integrated into a host of connected devices, will be vying for space in our lives. Google Assistant, Cortana, Alexa and Samsung's Viv-based Bixby are some players to watch.
Understanding both sides
Hey Satya! We have a bone to pick with you ...
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Dear Satya Nadella, Microsoft loyalists need to talk to you about what's happening at your company.
Who's watching our backs
Hackers are looking forward to our fully connected future
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Ambient computing has its benefits, but as the world becomes more connected we also become more vulnerable to attacks from hackers.
Innovating a treatment
Microsoft's Project Emma helps tackle Parkinson's Disease
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There are millions of people living with Parkinson's Disease. With Emma Watch and Project Emma, Microsoft is seeking to innovate symptom-relieving treatments.
It happened right before our eyes
The mini tablet market is alive and well in your pocket
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In 2007, Apple put a tablet in people's pockets: the iPhone. And, yes, the iPhone is a tablet, albeit a mini one.
Having an open ear
How Microsoft helps deaf people 'hear'
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There are hundreds of millions of deaf or hard of hearing individuals in the world. Microsoft's inclusion mission embraces them in its workforce and technology.
Stick to your story
Here's why the Windows on phone story is so profoundly confusing
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The narrative around Microsoft's mobile strategy is an ever-shifting tale of despair and promise. Though Microsoft is culpable, it's not the only guilty party.
Seeing is believing
How Microsoft's inclusion mission is helping the blind to 'see'
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Microsoft's mission of inclusion encompasses the visually impaired. This has led to innovation that helps the them to "see" the world.
That's one pricey phone
Let's be honest, no one really needs a $1,000 smartphone
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Smartphone prices are skyrocketing to accommodate technology costs. But the we way we use smartphones hasn't really changed. You have to wonder, is a phone like the iPhone X worth the asking price?
the future is now
Sci-fi predicted iPhone-like devices. So what does it say is next?
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We're now in an age of ubiquitous tablet computers we call smartphones. Science fiction predicted this. What's next?
Show me the money!
Here's why Microsoft is paying me (and will pay you) to use Bing!
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Microsoft is willing to pay you to use Bing. I've been cashing in for years. What are you waiting for?
Empathy and ingenuity work wonders
How Microsoft used tech to help people with ALS regain mobility
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ALS is a demoralizing and immobilizing condition. Microsoft proves, however, that with empathy, teamwork, and technology, barriers can be overcome.